diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 67cf2a5d..7bb1b660 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,20 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## securesystemslib v0.12.0
+
+* *backwards incompatible*
+  * Remove data serialization in `create_signature` and `verify_signature` (#162)
+  * Replace mostly obsolete `TempFile` utility with single helper function (#181)
+  * Remove *TUF*-specific code and comments (#165)
+* *new features*
+  * Add support for *pkcs1v15* RSA signature scheme and additional hash algorithms (#173, #175)
+  * Add basic *OpenPGP* support, transferred from [in-toto](https://github.com/in-toto/in-toto) (#174, #176, #185)
+* *miscellaneous*
+  * Fix publishing of code coverage  and enhance test configuration (#171)
+  * Make colorama a strict dependency (#178)
+  * Enhance source distribution metadata (#168)
+  * Update downstream Debian metadata (#177)
+
 ## securesystemslib v0.11.3
 
 * Provide option to normalize line endings (`\r\n` -> `\n`, `\r` -> `\n`) when
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b2a7a42d..87f4f719 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
 setup(
   name = 'securesystemslib',
-  version = '0.11.3',
+  version = '0.12.0',
   description = 'A library that provides cryptographic and general-purpose'
       ' routines for Secure Systems Lab projects at NYU',
   long_description = long_description,